From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:54:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff: --{rotate,skip}-to=<path>
Message-ID: <xmqq35y1w4rj.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2102121713390.29765@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> This is more a drive-by comment, as I have no stake in this, but don't we
> already have a more generic solution via `-O<orderfile>`? See
> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff#Documentation/git-diff.txt--Oltorderfilegt
> for details.

The use cases are quite different.  This one is meant for a
single-shot use, while orderfile is a more permanent thing.

See https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqeehp2jis.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com/
and start reading from "I suspect that" for background story.